Refinitiv/Ipsos poll shows Democrats lead Republicans on the U.S. generic congressional ballot, 47% to 35%.

China's industrial enterprises above designated size produced 390 mln t of raw coal in September, down 6.8% YoY, a 0.9 percentage-point narrowing from August; daily average 12.84 mln t. Jan–Sep raw coal output totaled 3.45 bln t, down 3.5% YoY. Crude oil production in September was 18.21 mln t, up 2.2% YoY and accelerating 1.4 percentage points from August; daily average 607 kt. Jan–Sep crude production was 164.6 mln t, up 1.0% YoY. Crude oil processing fell further: September throughput 57.48 mln t, down 8.4% YoY (decline widened 1.5 percentage points vs August); daily average 1.916 mln t. Jan–Sep crude processing totaled 513.6 mln t, down 6.8% YoY.

伊朗最高領袖顧問兼助理穆罕默德·穆赫貝爾：我曾問聯合國祕書長，你在聯合國究竟擔任什麼角色，又擁有哪些權力？他無言以對，並承認自己沒有任何實權。